Tag: Celebrity deaths
Leroy Keyes, gold standard of Purdue football, dies at 74
Leroy Keyes, a two-time consensus All-American running back and one of the greatest football players in Purdue history, died Thursday. He was 74.
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Nas, Eve, Lyor Cohen react to death of rapper-actor DMX
LOS ANGELES — Reaction to the death of Grammy-nominated rapper DMX who died Friday at 50.
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AP Sportlight
April 10
1934 — The Chicago Black Hawks edge the Detroit...
Howard Weitzman, lawyer for Jackson, Bieber, DeLorean, dies
LOS ANGELES — Howard Weitzman, an attorney whose clients included Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, and auto maker John DeLorean, has died. He was 81....
OJ Simpson, Las Vegas Strip hotel settle defamation case
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity...
Bill Owens, uncle and musical mentor to Dolly Parton, dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country songwriter Bill Owens, who was a mentor and early songwriting partner to his niece Dolly Parton and helped start her...
Former Florida State star charged in double shooting
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former Florida State star football player Travis Rudolph was arrested early Wednesday morning in South Florida for a shooting...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
April 7
1940 — Jimmy Demaret wins the Masters with a...
San Francisco ‘dope lawyer’ to the stars Brian Rohan dies
SAN FRANCISCO — Brian Rohan, who was known as San Francisco's “dope lawyer” for 1960s counterculture clients like the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and...
‘Arrested Development’ actor Jessica Walter dies at 80
LOS ANGELES — Jessica Walter, who played a scheming matriarch in TV’s “Arrested Development,” has died. She was 80.
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